Cap Haitien, HAITI – The U.S. Marshals
Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force announces the arrest of a federal
fugitive from the Pensacola area on the run for over 7 years in the city of
Cap Haitian early this morning. U.S. Marshals, the Drug Enforcement
Administration
and Haitian Authorities caught up with Guerly Alexis at a small restaurant
he was running about 100 miles north of the capital city Port-Au –Prince
about 8 a.m. (CST). In September 2002 Alexis was living in Crestview and was
indicted by a federal grand jury charging him and his two brothers Junior
and Lesly Alexis with five separate counts of Conspiracy and Possession with
Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession with Intent to
Distribute powder cocaine, crack cocaine and ecstasy. The indictment also
charges ALEXIS with an amount of 5 kilograms or more of powder cocaine and
650 grams of Crack Cocaine.

Shortly after the indictment came out in 2002, both Junior and Lesly Alexis
were arrested by the U.S. Marshals in Ft. Lauderdale, were convicted and are
currently serving federal jail sentences, Junior 120 months and Lesly 384
months. The Marshals Task Force had tracked Guerly to a nightclub in
Crestview late one evening in March of 2003 but he was able to slip away and
disappeared. Last summer however, the FRFTF caught a break and developed new
leads that he was back in his home country of Haiti.

“We always had an idea he was there, but he used numerous aliases and has
strong ties there,” spokesman Dominic Guadagnoli of the Florida Regional
Fugitive Task Force said. “I traveled there last September to try and find
him but was unsuccessful at that time. Then the earthquake hit there and it
set everything back but, we didn’t give up,” said Guadagnoli.

Alexis was flown back to Port-Au-Prince this afternoon and will be there
until his extradition back to the U.S. which is expected by the end of the
week. If convicted, Alexis faces up to life in prison. The U.S. Marshals
International Investigation Branch coordinated this arrest which was a
cooperative effort and included assistance from the, DEA Office in
Port-Au-Prince, the Diplomatic Security Service and the
Haitian National Police.